My Julie & Julia Moment

I love cooking, there I said it .. when my bff told me that I was thicker than a snicker I knew that my recent obsession with cooking has gone off in the wrong direction .. lol but it's all good .. I enjoy cooking with my little one she's usually there handy as my sous chef to slice and dice, measure or stir and i'm the one who loves to try some new flavors and experiment a little. I love when everyone gets up from the table full and happy or at least when they say "that was the bomb mommy/honey" yeah I like accolades . . . who doesn't?

So this week i'm not sure I will doing anything new but I have ideas in my head already which if you know me isn't anything new but I may have to hit the market! I want to make some french toast, I did tell lil mama I would make her chocolate chip pancakes .. so I know I need some more buttermilk cause I like to get up early and play in flour lmao .. I kid .. lol I make them from scratch so she knows when she gets started cooking (when she's older of course) that as long as you have flour anything is possible .. lmao at least that's the way she sees it. I need to make some blueberry muffins or something cause I have a load of blueberries that need to go before they spoil. For dinner tomorrow I want to make some bbq meatloaf .. been a while since I did that too so i'm sure the kids will be pleased they like that! Not sure what other tricks I can pull out the bag but i'll keep you all posted .. well until next time my culinary thoughts and I are out .. lol laterz

Serena at the Nail Salon

So I stumbled across this story not too long ago .. and found it odd that a star can fill a personal void by attending mani/pedi school .. There she is above getting it in on someones toes who quite frankly needs more help than it looks like Serena can handle .. lol she has to do like Sheneneh and go to work on those feet .. lol and is that an extension on chicks big toe #imjustsayin .. lol

Check it out ..

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/serena_nails_it_zsFnOSw3iEpXHPcORC1AQL

WTF is really good?

I think our youth today really needs some damn schooling perhaps our advance in technology has permanently stained our youths minds so much so that all they think and do is what they see on tv or the web .. I hate to preach to these kids like see this is how it used to be before all this lavish shit y'all walk around with that I didn't have until I was grown and able to get on my own .. I mean damn!

This rant is due in part to a situation that occured at my daughters school .. just pure foolery there false misunderstood loyalty to one another astounds me! I'm 33 and I can count on one hand how many people i'm that loyal to cause I could give a fuck about everybody else! Tough ass lessons that need to be learned will be learned the hard way obviously .. I guess we shall see how this cookie crumbles ..

Anywho, back to your regularly scheduled programming!

So I'm Back

From a brief (no long lol) hiatus .. but I had so much going on .. if I could fill you in you might not be able to handle it .. but rest assured everyting is everything again! One reason I fell off was due to not having ish to talk about.. that and no one follows .. so do I write for myself or you guys!? I mean I do it for me but feedback and interaction would be nice o.O I guess that's why I went over to twitter .. at least over there people talk back .. lol anywhooooo

So where do I begin, i'm back in school with one class left to go that i'm currently taking .. I am sooo excited I am a mere three credits away from my degree .. I know I know #itsabouttime but you know what I'm glad I did it I started and finished something not that I can say the same for others who can never find their way to the end of anything .. lol

In other news i'm feverishly looking for a house at the moment and between that and school and work I'z tired .. lol .. but I can handle this .. I'm talking back and forth with the bank regarding my preapproval so it's an early step yet necessary to get me where I need to be so i'll keep you posted on how that goes!

Well i'll leave a little of me to the imagination as everything is not for everybody so until next time .. i'll holla!

Dear BET,

I read this and automatically felt a sense of pride in the young writer and can agree with all she is saying because unfortunately it is sadly true ..

Dear Debra Lee,


I’m Janita Patrick, a 15-year-old African-American female from Cincinnati. Recently, I watched the 2009 BET Awards and felt the strongest urge to reach out to the program. My family is of the typical middle-class variety; both parents and four brothers. See, I'm a junior in high school (got skipped), so naturally EVERYBODY in my age group watches BET. I'm used to seeing the sagging pants, tattoos, lack of emphasis on reading and respecting women that makes up your videos. People in my class live this out everyday, while teachers tell us that we're acting just like the people in your shows.


In your shows. That struck me as odd, because I would think that with your show being the primary outlet for black entertainers and musicians, and considering the context of blacks in this country, there’s a social responsibility factor to consider. I would never blame BET alone for the way a great deal of my classmates act and talk and dress. Everybody makes their own choices. However, if anybody is aware the power of television on impressionable minds, it’s the people running the television operations. If you are not aware, then perhaps you shouldn't be running the operations.


Guess who watches your network the most? Not those who are intelligent enough to discern foolishness from substance, but those who are barely teenagers, impressionable and believing. It’s awfully cruel to plant seeds of ignorance in fertile minds. You know it’s really bad when the co-founder of BET, Sheila Johnson, said that she "really doesn't watch it" anymore.


I am constantly fighting against the images and messages put forth on your program. What made you think that it’s okay to bring my classmates on stage to dance behind Lil Wayne and Drake to a song talking about boffing "every girl in the world"? Why does reality train wrecks have to thrown in our faces? Are you aware of the achievement gap going in inner-city African-American communities? A report from America’s Promise Alliance, a non-profit group started by Colin Powell, recently stated that 47 percent of high school students in the nation’s top 50 cities don't graduate. (Fifty-four percent of males of color in Ingham County graduated from high school, compared to 74 percent of white males). This isn’t because of BET per se, but I don’t see any episodes on your show doing anything to counteract this disturbing trend. In fact, your show is a part of this cycle of media depicting us at our worst.


My older brother told me something about profit being the number one goal for every business. I’m not sure I understand what that means, but I do know that your shows have to be entertaining enough to generate viewers, which is how you make your money. But surely our culture is rich enough to entertain without anything extra to "boost" ratings; why the over-the-top foolery? I listen to classmates talk about Baldwin Hills like it’s the Manhattan Project. It doesn’t take much effort to produce a throng of degenerative reality shows, nor does it take much to eliminate socially conscious shows off the air. MTV isn’t much better, but since when does two wrongs ever make a right? It’s one thing for white television shows to depict us in a particular way, but for black television shows to do it is baffling.


Why do you hate us? All of the values that my parents seek to instill in me and my brothers seems to be contradicted by a more powerful force from the media, and your show is at the forefront. Your network is the only network that features rap videos and shows exclusively to children of my color. I know that you have no control over the music that the artists put out, but you do have influence as to how you air these videos. I'm sure if a stand was taken to use the talent in your organization to actually crank out thought-provoking entertaining shows and videos, then artists will follow suit. Being that they need you as much as you need them.


There was one awkward segment in the BET Awards when Jamie Foxx singled out three black doctors-turned-authors, but the introduction was so powerless that many of the viewers had no idea who they were. Had they been introduced as Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt and George Jenkins, three brothers who overcame major obstacles to become a success without the use of lyrics that berate women, the sell of substance that destroy communities or through raps about loose gunplay, then maybe my classmates would have come to school talking about more than Beyonce, T-Pain’s BIG ASS CHAIN and Soulja Boy Tell Em’s hopping out the bed.


But they weren’t introduced like that. It seemed like a throwaway obligatory tribute to appease some irritated fans. It missed the mark. Big time. Ask Michelle Obama if she watches BET or encourages Sasha and Malia to do so. Ask President Obama. It’s a reason he is the leader of the free world, and it isn’t because of Buffoonery Exists Today.


You’d be surprised how smart young black children can be with the absence of Blacks Embarrassing Themselves. If your goal is to deter engaged, forward-thinking articulate black minds, then consider your goal fulfilled. It’s hard-pressed to think that your shows are working to promote cultural betterment. However, it’s quite easy to conclude that the destruction of black children through the glorification of immoral behavior and rushed production is by design. Poison is being swallowed by every viewer who adores your network, and the worse thing is, these viewers - my classmates - are not even aware what they’re swallowing.


There is nothing edifying for black women on your show. I don’t judge people who do throng to your programs though; I mean, if a jet crashes in right in front of me, I’ll watch it too. That’s why I don’t flip by your channel…I don't even want to be sucked in.


I have aspirations of acquiring a law degree and possibly entering the public sphere, so I can counteract conditions in my community perpetuated by the images on your channel. So I should thank you, because in a weird sense, your shoddy programming is the wind behind my back. And it is my hope that I can accomplish my dreams despite BET’s pictorial messages, because Lord knows it won’t be because of them.


Sincerely,
Janita Patrick

iPod

I just thought that I would pay homage to my iPod .. it is really the best thing ever. I have an iTouch and it's pretty much a handheld computer music player LOL I love everything about it!

I can recall being very anti Apple products however over time and rave reviews have forced my interest to looking more into Apple products. So I started with an iPod nano 2nd generation .. that's when I fell in love LOL! Shortly after I got my first iBook and man if I wasn't sold by then I guess all the hoopla was spot on because I was hooked!

My most recent purchase was the iTouch and again I am not disappointed I think I am finally done (for now) until or unless something really cool comes out that I must have until then I have what I have. For those of you who don't leave home without it .. I understand .. rock on!

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPod touch]

Random Ramblings ..

Ok so I’m not sure if any of you know that I had long locks up until last October then cut my hair very short, why in the winter I don’t know but I did it. So now I have a very low cut that I am starting to see is becoming quite the norm now a days .. check out Solange in her similar cut ..



Looks good but I agree with what people told me .. a cut that short needs some color. So perhaps some color will make this look that much better. I admit I was a bit skeptical .. but then again not too much. I have done drastic cuts in the past so this should not be new to anyone except for those who don’t really know me. But overall I love my cut .. it’s liberating in a sense, it’s so easy to get out of the house and it’s free of chemicals. I have been without a perm for the last 10 years and I am proud to say I am not a slave to the perm .. lol .. no offense to any of you who are .. you have your reasons I know!

Check mine out ..

I know I’m no Solange but I think it looks pretty good .. lol quite a drastic change from very long locks but it works for me! No fahsion statement or anything just wanted to do something different .. funny how after I cut mine I started noticing so many others with a similar cut .. funnier how I had not noticed them before though i'm sure they were always there .. lol!

Anyway moving right along .. I was in the bathroom the other night and the strangest thought came to mind .. my menstrual period. Now I was not thinking about when it’s coming or anything like that but I was wondering just when in the hell did someone decide that women need to have a period .. and just ho far back in history is knowledge of a lady’s period noted? Weird thought I know but I was just wondering .. I mean could there be truth to the fact that Eve ate the apple and now we woman are doomed to bleed once a month from puberty through menopause? If so I wanna see something in writing .. lol .. kidding!

Another thought on my mind is the Onstar commercials that come on from time to time. These commercials cmtfu .. I mean why is it that during whatever emergency the chick, and its usually a chick has to sound so damn pathetic and helpless. I mean I am beginning to think that they do this on purpose. Just like in those stupid infomercials when they sell stuff they make shit look so much worse than it is .. I mean really how many times do you let your bathroom get that damn dirty before cleaning it. You ever notice that .. the shit in the bathroom be caked up for days then the infomercial dude comes out of no where and has the answer for every damn thing and can clean up just about any mess with his “wonder product” .. cracks me up!

Alright I guess that’s about enough of my rambling … just had some stuff on my mind is all . I really have to find more time to blog .. I really enjoy it but work and life can be so overwhelming at times .. any who .. later bloggers!